I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The simple idiot's advice I give to screenwriters who say they want to sell a screenplay is, 'Write good.'
I've been writing screenplays for a long time, and a lot of it came out of the journalism I was doing.
I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.
No one bought my screenplays.
I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays.
I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.
A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built.
I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays.
Writing screenplays is not my business. I've written half a dozen, and maybe half of those were made. But it was never a satisfying experience. It was just work. You're an employee. You would be told what to do. Studio execs would cross out my dialogue and put in their dialogue.
I've written a couple screenplays and half-finished plays.